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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
CARROLL o. wRieHT's WORK.


Looking for Facts About Marriage and
Divorce-Iabar Hureau Investigation.
WASHINGTON CITY, April % Carroll D.
Wright, chief Of the 5uraau of labor Stats
ties, left Washington Friday afternoon for
iston, where he will soon begin the task
imposed upon him by congress of collecting
statistics concerning marriage and divorce
in the United States l. will probably lake
a year to collect the data needed to complete
this report
The labor bureau has considerable work in
hand at present The report on convict la
Dor is now all in type and will he ready to
issue in about three weeks. 1t will contain
much vaiu tbie matter not mentioned in the
abstracts that have been given out from it,
The report on labor strikes will h. ready
this fall. Another suhj'ct for inquiry ROW
iii progress is with Relation to the moral and
economic condition of working women and
girls in the great cities ri jhe country
Yet another matter that is about to be
looked into by tn bureau is the cost of the
distribution OF food Stapes-to find out to
what extent the cost of food is increased by
the rates charged for its transportation and
other facts bearing on the general subject.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

FORT SCOTT, Kan, April "a dispatch
from Prescott, IN this county, reports a ter
rible cyclone on Thursday evening at about
$50 O'clock. There were seventeen killed at
different points throughout the county and
an incalculabie amount of damage was done
to all kinds Of property
Prescott was literally wiped out of exist
ence, not single building being left sta nd
ing to mark the site of once prosps rous
and thriving place.
Reports are coming in from all over the
country Of damage by the terrible storm 1t
was genuine cyclone. but came from the
northwest instead of the southwest, as Is
usual Hail fell all over the county, some
fsreuca
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

MILWAUKEE, April u The funeral train
bearing the remains of Hon. Alexander
Mitchell, late president of the Chicago Mil
waukee & St Paul road, arrived here at
BIS Friday morning. The funeral will take
place on Tuesday at 2 p. III. For The accom-
mediation of Mr. Mitchelfs Chicago friends
who may wish to attend the funeral, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail way will
have special train to Milwaukee, leaving
Chicago at $50 a. III. and returning after
the funsrei
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

BERLIN, April % The arrest of Schnae-
beles WAS the outcome of an ordinary
judicial proceeding. The judge who ordered
the arrest did so, it is stated, on evidence i'm
plicating HIM in an attempt to suhvert the
allegiance of Alsatiaus to Germany The
German authorities consider the fact of his
bang foreigner does not exempt Schnae-
beles from punishment. They say the
moment he was caught on German territory
he was under jurisdiction of the German
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
The Base Ball Record.

CHICAGO, April 23-Base ball games as
follows were reported Friday tAssociation):
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 9, Baltimore s.
eight innings, darkness; at St Louis-St
Louis 9, Cincinnati s. Exhibition games:
At Phiiadelphia-At Athletic s, Philadelphia
II; at Boston-Boston IS Buffalo O.
The Chicago-Des MONIES game, at Des
Moines, was called in the second inning on
account Of rain, the score standing 6 to in
favor of Chicago
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

HANNIBAL, Mo, April % "A terrific
wiud-storm Thursday night unroofed the
Hick block and the rain which follow wed
poured in upon the stocks of NJ. H. Cronin,
grocer. aud john Hill, furnl ure, damaging
them to the extent of several Thousand dol
lars. c. Carriers plate glass front was blow IL
in and F. Tegler's smoke stack eveed The
roof OF the Braxton lodge A. f. and A. Nj.
was blown off while the olge was in session
Falling chimneys made ii u night OF terror
for many people.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
PARNsLL's PERSONAL SYMPATHY


For the Murdered Cavendish-Henry
George Recites Some Private History.
NEW YORK, April 2a-Henry Georges
newspaper, The Standard, contains an eii-
torial IN which Mr. George ADDS his testi
mouy to the question Of what Parnell thought
of the PhR1ix park assassination. Mr.
George states over his own signature that he
was the first to carry the news Of the Phoenix
park assassination to Mr.. ParnelI. He saws
that he was III London at the time and that
early in the morning he was aroused by a
Telegraph messenger bringing him dispatch
from DIR. Kelly, then of Rutland square.
Dublin, hut now of Lexington avenue, New
York, apprising him of the tragedy Mr.
George theu goes on to tell what he did, as
follows:
Immediately made what haste | could to
the Westminster hotel, and waking up Mr.
Davitt, showed him the telegram. Spring
ing up with intense emotion he at once sent
for Messrs Dillon aud ParneIl. All three,
rs well as other members Of the Irish party
who we're subsequently sent for, were deeply
panied and grievei at the news. Davitt
seemed so much "cut up" by it that | really
felt for him, but the man who seemed stirred
most was Parnell-ordinarily the most un-
denonstrative Of human beings-and on
the first impulse he talked OF
Immediately resigning and leaving public
life forever. There could be no question of
the real feeling of these men, especially Par
nell 1t is not that there was any personal
sympathy with Burke, who had made him.
self thoroughly hated by patriotic Irishmen,
hut there WIS personal sympathy with Lord
Cavendish, who had just arrived in Ireland
and had done nothing to offend Irish senti-
ment. His appointment moreover to take
the place of the justly hated Foster. accom-
panied as it was with the release of the
Irish members from Kimainham, and Of
Daritt from Portland, was deemed the hold
ing out of the olive branch by the Gladstone
government-the dawn for ireland of a
better day-aDd to this the knives that
flashed in Phoenix park gave terrible an
swer. At single unexpected blow Parnelrs
plans were shattered To him it was not
merely two high officials who were stabbed
to death in PheuiI park, but great policy
and high hope
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April IA proclama-
ton was issued Friday by the governor in
in pursuance Of the act amending the law in
regard to the suppression of and prevention
of the spread of contagious and infectious
diseases among domestic animals, scheduling
the district in Cook county and Chicago,
where the pleuro-pneumonia has been pre-
vaIling
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

PITTsBuRG, Pa, April 23-Dstrict assem-
bly, 8, K. OF L., engaged in a long and hot
debate Friday on the request of the eleven
local assemblies Of iron and steel workers for
leave to Withdraw and form national dis
trict assembly. The request was refused by
a large majority. The Delegates of these as
semblies then resolved to ask further instrnc-
tions and to meet again, when committee
will probably be appointed to go to Phila-
delphia and appeal to the general executive
hazard
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

WASHINGTON CITY, April % -Friday's
session closed the meeting of the National
Academy of Sciences 1t WAS decided to
hold the autumn nesting in New York on
Nov. s Two associate members of the
academy were elected Friday-Dr. August
Wilhelm Hoffman, Of Berlin, and James
Prescott JuuIe, of Manchester. England
The academy awarded the Henry Draper
gold medal to Professor Edward c. Picker
ing, of Harvard observatory, for his work
in astronomical photonetry and photogra-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

New YORK, April % -The Herald has a
sensational special from Key West Fla, as
sorting that Senator Sherman and party had
narrow escape from capture by brigands
in Cuba during their recent visit. 1t is
stated that the senator was provided with a
guard when he took a trip into the interior
and at one plantation the senator had bare
~ departed when MatagaS, Cuban bandit
and his party arrived on the hunt for the
senator, and were not satisfied that their in
tended victims had gone until they had
searched the entire plantation and severely
beaten the overseer to make him divulge the
hiding place Of the Americans
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
Roy atty at American Nnara-

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23-Prince Frsder-
lex Leopold, of Prussia, ami suite, and
Prince Esterhszy, of Austria, and party
were among the distinguished audience who
witnessed the production OF ''Lohengrin"
Friday night by the National Opera COM
pany. 1t was by far the most successful
operate event ever known in this city, and
Manager Lock was warmly congratulated
upon his triumph over the many obstacles
that have feset him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
Krug Indicted for Poisoning.

CHICAGO, April 25-Au analysis by Pro-
lessor Haines of the stomach of the late
Lucy Heidelmeyer, of Chicago, caused tn.
grand Jury to indict Lorenz Krug for the
murder of his step daughter. krug IS also
suspected of having poisoned two othel
woman-his wve-, who died sud ipnly in tue
past year or two, his purpo-e b4lng to Oh
tain tue insurance OH their lives
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
President Diaz scores a Big Victory.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 23-The constitu-
tional amendment, providing for one re-
election of presidsnt-that is to say, two
successive terms--passed the house of depu-
ties by decisive majority Thursday night,
after brilliant debate. 1t now goes to The
senate, where it will certainly pass. Ratifi
cation by the state legislatures is expected to
gIaedIIy 70 low
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

ST PAUL, MINI, April 23-One of the
worst billiards of the season is raging here,
the gale being filed with fine snow. The
storm prevented the Detroit Minneapolis
ball game, which was postponed until next
Monday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

AsBURY PARK, n. J., April 2a-The Rev
J. B Dobbins, D. D., a weil-known member
of the Philadelphia NJ E conference, dropped
dead at the railway station here Friday
afternoon while taking train. ApopIexy
was the cause. Rev. DR. Dobbins was one
of the most prominent and popular Metho-
dist clergymen of Philadelphia. He was q
native OF New Jersey and about 60 years OF
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

BERLIN, April %, The Kreuz Zeitung says
that much surprise and excitement was &C.
caSioned by the unexpected arrival at
Diedenhofen Friday of Lieut.. Gen Count
Won Waldersee accompanied by several
other officers of the general staff of the emf
peror The party remained short time at
Diedenhofen and then proceeded to
Moyeuvre LaGrande
Diedenhofen is n strongly fortified town in
German Lorraine, seventeen miles north IT
Metz AMI nine miles northeast of Moyeuvre
LaGranie.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

GALVESTON. Tex, April y A cyclone
struck Blossom Prairie, Texas. FRIDAY MORN
Ing, doing great damage 10 fences. orchards
and buildings Several dwellings were uu-
rooted and many business houses were
moved from their foundations The storm
lasted abdssfour minutes and passed through
from north to south No lives are reported
Inct
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

WASHINGTON, CITY, April 23-Commis-
sioner Littler left for home Friday night fer
the purpose OF resigning his seat in the legis-
iature ami closing up private business. AZ
soon as this Is accomplished he will rejoin
his colleagues of the commission and proceed
to business
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
A Weeks Commercial wreckage,

NEW YORK, April - - The business fail
ures for the week ended Aprii -, according
to Dun Il Co, number-For the United
States, Ill; for Canada, Is; total, 1893
against us last week, and 1914 Tor the core
spending week last year No failures of con
sequence occurred
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

PHILADELPHIA, April 2S-The bre wsrs'
strike was practically ended Friday, the en-
pioyers agreeing to recognize the knights of
Labor, and the latter waving their demand
of having all former employees reinstated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
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for everybody; useful note and account
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and also valuable hints for the health and
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Send ? cent stamp to J Ii. Zeilin &
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

- nus hH Noi
Quoted with simplicity
and elegance. The
bride was plainly
attired in a gray
tricot tailor-made
travelling costume,
trimmed with gray
pa $ S g nientire. She
wore neither hat nor
gloves, and carried a
bouquet of white
lilacs. There were no
bride S maiis. The
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

QUEENSTOWN, April - The British
steamship Salerno, Capt Rogers. which
sailed from Stettin for New York Feb Is,
AMI losing her propeller, was Obliged to put
back under sail, arrived here Friday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

Blondin, the once famous tight>rope
walker. is spending his old age in Lon
don, living comfortably on his savings.
Leather jackets are made in jaupty
shapes and fit the figure,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

KANSAS EIFY, No, April % Hon. W
B. Wood, associate justice of the United
States supreme curt, is in this city seriously
Ill He is Ell ruu,e from the Sierra Madrt,
valley to Washing on, accompanied by a
physician.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

LONDON. April % A st. Petersburg spe-
risl states that the report just issued in con
necton with the new Russian loan shows the
Russian national debt u amount to 81 35O,-
lyEt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

The Dolly Warden dress. which is so
bewitching on your figures, is being
worn in place Of the tea gown proper.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
ANDREW CARNEGle's BRIDE.
The PittsburG Millionaire Gives Her n
Royal Wedding GIFT

NEW YORK, April % Andrew Carnegie
and Miss Louise Whitfield were marries Fri
day evening at the BRIDES residence, 81 West
Enrly -alrht 81 rnnt Th,. Mai linz mas I'm
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
vi II NVHhFF1NN,
Archbishop of New York


The proprietor Of The Cathode Herald said
Friday night III regard to the above warn
ing:
The letter is authentic. | am at loss 10
know how Mr.. George obtained it. While
have the greatest possible love for the church
and for any dgnitary of it, still refuse to
recognize any superior authority as to how I
shall conduct my business. In entering on
the defense of DIR. McGlynn we believed we
were right; We think so still and mean to
perssveTp
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

The pink shirt will continue to be a
fsvorite With the swells of tender years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
WARMING
NEWSPAPER,
Archbishop Corrissp Sets Up a Pres,
Censorship.

NEW YORK, April 3s.-The Standard
dienry Georges pap,rl of Fsiay contains
the following under the caption of "GdggIng
tue Press" addressed to tue editor and pro-
prietor of The Catholic Herald:
GENTLEMEN: BY this note, which is en-
tirely prlya5e and not TO be published, wish
TO call your attention to TIE fact that the
third plenaTy council Of Baltimore, following
the leadership If Po!e Leo xiii, has pointed
out the duties of the CattIoHc press and de-
nounced the abuses Of which journals styling
themselves Catholic are sometimes guilty
That paper alone" says the council decree
No. 2!sl, us TO I've regarded as Catholic that
is prepared to submit i'll all things to eccla-
siasti,al authority" Later on it warns all
Catholic writers against presuning to at
tack publicly the manner in which the arch
bishop rules his diocese, affirming that those
who presume, as well as their approvers and
abett0rs, are not only guilty Of very griev,
Gus scandals, but deserve, moreover, to be
dealt with by canonical censures- For some
time past the utteranses of The Catholic
Herald have heen shock;ngly scandalous As
this newsI aper is published in this diocese,
her eby VAIN yuu tbat il you continue in this
course # conduct it will be at your peril
am, gentlemen, YOURS truly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
a CA r ID,

There are 60, 90 women farmers in
ireland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
CHAPTER l.-ruE yEorAL VIRGIN.

At twenty minutes past seven there came
into the drawinGroom, H. vet empty Il girl
dressed for the evening". To the general
world She wa, Miss Brudenel, only daugh-
ter of Mr.. Cyrus Brudeuel But She was
known among the more frivolous of her
com )anons, male and female, rs the Ne,tal.
or rs Sibvl the Nc,tal or even as nodc, for
reason, which YOU will Immediately under
stand il you are patient and place a little
confidence in your narrator. She answered
readily 10 all these names, ii only for the
first and most important reason that her
full baptismal nam" was Sihyl Dodona. She
would also. make no doubt. have been
baptized Manic Amalthma Daphne Pytho-
lussa-- and then She would have had truly
beautiful name but for the fact that her
fathers classical learning was rusty. 1t
will he Acknowledged, however. that hcr
name even, without this compliment, had
an uracular, mysterious, Pagan. and NeStal
virgin like ring. Such a nam, should pro
pcrly belong to Il girl Of large and lu,trous
eyes and pale cheek and lofty brow, charg
rd with the mysterious power OF an ancient
prieStcss, filled with the sacred tire of pro-
phecy. But Nature loves to turn the
BanchcS into BIunettcs, and make the
Niolets lool; like fun blown Roses and the
Pets and PansieS like Queens; she corrupts
the SONS Of muthcmatician> SO that they he
come poets and the sons of poets So that
they become engineers. The world, in fact
j, full Of people destined 10y their parents
for the highest and most dgnifed offices,
who have ended i'll occupying positions OF Il
very different kind. | was myself destined
for the Archepiscopate--l can never gaze
upon an Archbishop without "A mild wonder
how | should look in an aprun-and now
you see. A. for Syhil Dame Nature had
made Of her-thouGh she was solemny dedi-
Gated to the Cause from the very cradlc-a
damSel less like "A young NeStal-l suppose
ve,tals were sometimes youthtul-than any
young woman have ever seen. One may
he wrong. And certainly, i'm the day when
NestalS went about reprleVmg criminals,
adjoining professions, making the Sacraiicial
OK vain glorious with wreaths of roses, and
occupying the front seats while the gladia
tors slaughtered each other, | seem to have
been somewhere else, vSy likely in the an
cient British city of Grimspound, Still
speaking with dilidence, one thinks of
Nestals as of nuns; and again of nuns, not
as the light and frivolous creatures depicted
by Gressett and the author of the ConteS
Drolatiques but rs beings pale, emaciated,
austere, given to Notifying the flesh till
there was none left to mortify-in itself
Notifying conclusion regardless of per
sonal appearance; pleased to have their
beautiful hair cut of, delighted to dress up
in hdeous garb; joyfully fasting; endur-
ing hardness of all kinds, never SO happy
as when they had to turn out of a warm bed
hut then it was never allowed to he quite
warm, so that they might enjoy the misery
of cold to hurry along "A draughty
corridor into an ice cold chapel, there to
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her colonies with delight and amazcment.
He began 10y considering which of the mag
aznes he should first address, whether Har
per- or Scrlhner, or the Century. or the At
lantic: or whether he should try the English
iomnals-Lo ngman's, Temple Bar, the
Cornhill, the Gentman or Tillotson. for
the Newspapers. Finally he resolved to he
patriotic and to send the first fruits OF his
genius to the magazines of his own country.
Afterwald he would cross the ocean and
make pale with envy the faces Of the Eng
fish writers
Why tell tn tale: Everybody will I'M
dorstand that the clever boys crude pro-
auctions found no favor He relted all the
editors with his papers. He had not had n
single kind word from one Of them aud now
it was all over He had tried all; he had
been rejected by ail and he had no money
left The situation was truly terrible At
the end of the week he would have to leave
his boarding house; it was the middle of the
winter and be would have no place TO lay
his head
And only six months before lie had come
to the city, his head afamc, his check
aSlow, resolved to make his fortune and his
name at a single bound, Here was a fulfil
ling of destiny Here was a glorious out
come of ambition! Many youths Of Is
have the same dream, but few there are
who believe it 50 profoundly as to reduce it
to actual experiment. Poor Xiphion, what
is to become of hm>
lie was So miserable that LIE dared not
think. but Ntroilpd along in q puiToseles~
way and listened to the talk Of the pas~ers
10y.
First there came two Girls iro~,cdin fur,.
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came here last winter? ziph asked sud
denly.
YES Why He was only common
cheat and imposter What about HIM"
"'l don't know. He dill strange things
anyhow"
He drank whiskey. Three was no doubt
about that"
think that those Americans to whom the
first outward and visible signs of wicked
ness is the drinking of whiskey number
about twenty millions. Fortunately for the
trade, the population i, fifty millions.
Perhaps he did. But suppose only
say suppose-that by the help of the spirits
We could not only get a new revelation Of
the other world. but that we could go to
them for advice and guidance 10y which we
could make ourselves successful. Think
how it would he if we could light upon such
an adviser as wise spirit who could tell
one what to do.
"Well. Iiph, that is a poets dream. Go
and write a poem showing how a man was
led upwards by a spirit, as Dante was led
10y Bcatiice.n
"Dante--yes. He was led to Heaven
aud Hell and purgatorv. But ! mean-ii
a man wanted distinction, would it not be a
delightful thing to find such a spirit who
would show him a way
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